On this day in 1960, Leonid Brezhnev became the nominal head of state of the Soviet Union.

French actor, and now Russian citizen, Gerard Depardieu has signed on to star as former Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev in a new film set during the Prague Spring uprising of 1968.

Although not widely acknowledged, this figure meant that Putin had spent more time in office than Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, who ruled for 18 years and one month between 1964 and 1982 (6,601 ...

The Soviet leader was only 75 when he died, but his infirmities led to the Soviet Union’s collapse.

When I learned from my friend that he would be producing a movie on Ronald Reagan’s life and that he wanted me for the role of Leonid Brezhnev, the leader of the Soviet Union, my ego thought "oh ...

Leonid Brezhnev led the former Soviet Union as general secretary of the Communist Party until 1982. But like most Russian apparatchiks who excessively smoked, drank and gained weight, he aged ...

In Spanish? "Brezhnev Biography" is a 1976 Soviet film that serves as a celebratory portrait of Leonid Brezhnev, portraying him as a beloved and charismatic leader. The film blends stirring ...

A Russian-born painter, he created a mural of the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev smooching the East German leader Erich Honecker — and with it a tourist attraction.

View Mr. B. and President T., Leonid Brezhnev, Chairman of the Communist Party, USSR, with Tito, President of the Socialist Federation of Yugoslavia Angela, a portrait of the American political ...